Randolph helps Trail Blazers defeat Kings

Randolph scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Trail
Blazers posted a 95-87 victory over the Kings.

Juan Dixon scored 21 off the bench, including 14 in the fourth
quarter, as Portland snapped a three-game losing streak while
extending Sacramento's slide to four.

"I shot the ball thirteen times and was able to get in a rhythm
and hit some shots," Dixon said. "I'm glad I was able to step
up today."

One of the King's four straight losses included a 115-110 defeat
at home vs. the Blazers last Saturday. In that game, Randolph
had a game-high 32 points and Portland rookie Brandon Roy added
23 points.

Randolph shot 9-of-21 from the floor in this one and Roy had 11
points as did Dan Dickau, who started at point guard for
Portland because Jarrett Jack was hospitalized after suffering a
concussion in a car accident Friday morning.

"I thought overall I was all right," Randolph said. "I passed
the ball well out of the double team, was able to get some other
guys involved early. I missed a couple easy shots but I
thought I was pretty good."

"With Jack out, we had to step up," Dixon said. "Dan did a
great job at the point guard position and our bench did alright
and helped get a win."

Ime Udoka added 10 points, nine rebounds and two blocks for the
Blazers, who shot 49 percent (38-of-77) from the field.

"It was a total team effort," Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan
said. "Dixon had his rhythm tonight and Dickau played a solid
game and knocked down some shots."

Kevin Martin scored 17 points and Ron Artest had all 16 of his
points in the second half for Sacramento, which won the previous
three games with Portland prior to this week.

"It's just another night where we got outplayed," Martin said.
"We gotta do something right now to change it."

"I don't know what happened tonight," Artest said. "It was just
one of hose games. It happens. You have to learn from your
mistakes, turn around and get better. Right now we are playing
bad basketball.